___Occoneechee /Orange SpeedwayPress Release-Wednesday October 12th Fifth Annual Celebration of the Automobile Car Show & Racers ReunionOn Friday and Saturday November 4th and 5th - The Historic Speedway Group will host The Fifth Annual – Celebration of the Automobile Car Show & Racers Reunion. The Occoneechee-Orange Speedway is the only surviving dirt race track from NASCAR’s inaugural season in 1948.Racers Reunion will feature guest appearances by the greatest NASCAR drivers and Car Owners as well as celebrities of the racing fraternity including:

Rex White – NASCAR’s 1960 Grand National Series Champion and “NASCAR’s Oldest Living Champion” will be the Guest of Honor

David Pearson - NASCAR Champion, ’66, ’68 and ‘69

Cotton Owens - Famed NASCAR driver and car owner

Ned Jarrett - Retired race car driver and broadcaster who won four NASCAR national driving titles

Tiger Tom Pistone - Nascar Grand National Series Legendary Driver

Rex White will lead the exciting “Double Tens” parade laps of historic racecars around the legendary Occoneechee Speedway, the most legendary of all NASCAR speedways.

All in attendance will be invited to walk the historic .9 mile dirt track and ramble along the Eno River.

All events taking place during the Racers Reunion will be free and open to the general public – beginning with the Friday night Cruise-In with a Twist at the Shops at Daniel Boone, South Churton Street, Hillsborough with Beach music by The Castaways.

An Open Car Show will feature a display of: Hot Rods, Street Rods, Vintage NASCAR Racers, Trucks, Motorcycles and Special Interest Vehicles.